italy? do i want to go to south korea right now? that's a different decision. but you have some parts of the world, most parts of the country, look, in this big vast land of ours, this great country of ours, we have 240 cases, most of those people are going to be fine, a vast majority are going to be fine. we have had 11 deaths. and they have been largely old people wh were susceptible to what's happening. now that would be the case, i assume with the regular flu, too. if somebody is old and in a weakened state or ill, they are susceptible to the common flu, too. they were telling me just now that the common flu kills people and old people are a target. >> and the young. >> now the interesting thing here, very interesting. the interesting thing here is that the young seem to be doing unbelievably well, actually better than they do with the flu. young people and very young people are doing very well. which is another thing i guess they are trying to figure it out. >> you are shaking a lot of hands today and taking close pictures are you protecting yourself at al

portions of italy and portions of south korea over the weekend but even as importantly as of yesterday morning we fully implemented a screening process. all direct flights from all airports in south korea and italy are subject to multiple screens before passengers come to the united states of america. state department will work vigorously to bring that about. i'm grateful for the cooperation from governments of italy and south korea as well as our airline partners for making that a reality. with regard to testing we had a meeting today that gave us hope for progress in the near future on expanding testing across the country. we have a ways to go yet. we have been able to convey to state governments, governors around the country, thanks to the good work of the fda, doctor steve hahn. all laboratories at the state level can conduct coronavirus tests without any additional assets or resources from the federal government, they have the fda approved tests and they can conduct these tests across the country and all the state. beyond that as we announced through the efforts of hhs, 2500 kids

pence: our state department is in an interagency brief and is worked out that arrangement with italy and south korea. south korea about three hours ago implemented screening on all direct flights, all airports. as i mentioned, within the next 12 hours or so, italy will have implemented the same thing. it will be multiple temperature checks in the airport for people before they are boarding and we are working very closely to assist them in implementing that. he can speak you about the status of tests. one thing i heard from governors last week was the issue of test kits, the availability. i want to commend dr. han and the fda for making many more kits available and authorizing local testing which will now make it possible to identify additional cases. as we find more cases, it will mean health officials are doing their job in large part and the availability of those tests will contribute to that. >> as you heard from the secretary and vice president this weekend, we have the capacity to perform between 75000 and 100,000 tests. saturday, we issued new policy allowing us to have regulatory flexibility.

south korea, italy. andre doing -- again, 240 11. that is where we are now. we do not have a forecast because we do not know. we don't how we people have this but are not going to see a doctor or hospital. the higher the number is, the better the number from the standpoint of the death count. they get better. without seeing doctors or hospitals. nobody is marking it down. i think the number is very high. i think the number is much higher but it never gets reported because they are going -- they are not going to hospital or doctors. the ones that get reported are sick enough to go to a hospital or doctor. it makes the numbers look worse. we are prepared. we are very prepared for anything. in a short time, what they have done is very incredible. i have seen what they have done back there. it is incredible. by the way, nih -- what they have done, i have spent time over there. [indiscernible] a great super genius. k.eally get it people are surprised by surprised i get it. the doctors say how do you know so much about this? they wish i had done that instead of run

new cases in china dropped to the lowest levels in 6 weeks on monday but continued to rise in south korea italy and iran senegal saudi arabia to nazir jordan and indonesia the most recent countries it detect cases of the disease but only it shows says the best defense is still containment. in the last 24 hours there with almost 9 times more cases reported outside china. inside china we're in unchartered territory we have never seen before just respiratory partridge and that's capable of community transmission but at the same time which can also be contained with the right measures. polls are closed in israel's general election and unprecedented 3rd in less than a year from mr benjamin netanyahu has twice failed to form a coalition government after 2 inconclusive elections in april and september last year is main challenger and gans was also asked to form a government after september's vote and also failed at exit polls and you in the next few years let's cross now to hurry for cities that have been it's now his headquarters in tel aviv so how confident is his campaign. well we just heard the la

for the dax index has lost 15 percent since february 21st that's when pieces began to surge in south korea italy and iran the chrono viruses continue to spread outside of china with around 20000 cases recorded. more airlines have been forced to ground planes american tech giants have sent workers home and japanese officials have suggested they could delay of the tokyo lympics this summer. even emergency cuts to lending rates from central banks in the u.s. canada and australia have done little to set the markets. the u.s. government is also trying to calm investors i think financial markets will bounce back and so this is really go figure they're down probably 10 or 11 percent from you know where they were that they were up. 70 percent so you know it's only it's a relatively small piece but that piece will get bigger if the virus continues to spread for let's cross right over to deal b. is financial correspondent jose luis to hire on wall street hi jose comparisons are already being made between the global financial crisis and the coronavirus is this a serious as what we saw in 2009. they think c

new cases in china dropped to their lowest levels in 6 weeks on monday but continue to rise in south korea italy and iran senegal saudi arabia june is year jordan and indonesia are the most recent countries to detect cases of the disease the great show says the best defense is still containment. in the last 24 hours that with almost 9 times more cases reported outside china. inside china we are in unchartered territory we have never seen before just respiratory partridge and that's capable of community transmission but at the same time which can also be contained with the right measures meanwhile the death toll from growing a virus in italy has risen by 18 over the past 24 hours bring the number of fatalities to 52 comes as the number of cases in the country exceeded 2000 jenna has more. but the only worsening of the situation in italy and the spread of the virus to other member states in the e.u. i can tell you that the european union has raised its risk assessment for covert 19 warning now of a moderate to high risk of sustained transmission among e.u. member states all in all 20042400 cases r

also established a travel advisory for portions of italy and portions of south korea over the weekend. as importantly as of yesterday morning we umh fer implemented a screening process all direct flights from south korea and italy are subject to multiple screens before passengers board to come to the united states of america. the state department worked very vigorously to bring that about and we are grateful to the cooperation of the governments of italy and south korea and our airline partners. with regard to testing, we had a meeting today that gave us great hope for great progress in the near future on expanding testing across the country. we have a ways to go yet. and i'm pleased to report as we have been able to convey to state governors, governors around the country, thanks to the good work of dr. steve hahn, ll state labttoirs can conduct coronavirus tests. without any additional assets or resources from the federal government, they have the f.d.a.-approved test and they can conduct the test. beyond that as we announced through the efforts of h.h.s., 50 test kits are going out

the view from south korea italy is the hardest hit country here in europe and its death toll has risen above 140 journalists is following the story for us. what's the latest update in italy. well as you mentioned the death toll is fairly high we're seeing a significant rise the number of fatalities and the authorities see king at the group of people that ever fortunate the died in our infected were infected with the disease and their average age is about $81.00 so really it's affecting the elderly the population in italy has one of the world's oldest populations so that's why we're seeing this significant jump what we've found up to do as well is that for instance our statement from the vatican see that pope francis has decided at the sunday actually this all the blessing that he has it be to square and he will not be appearing there it will instead be streamed by video link and so people will not will not have together the square on top of that hill so it is that nicolas in that it is the leader of the center left democratic party just currently in the collision and the president of t

over the last 12 hours we've been able to receive information both from south korea and italy adding to our china information. it's as we thought, the elderly and pre-existing conditions have a more serious illness when confronted with the coronavirus. reassuringly, in south korea, no one has died under 30. this is reassuring to us and the median age in italy was 81 of those who succumbed. those who became ill, the median age was 60. so, we find this data reassuring, but it also has really caused us to focus on the americans who might be most as a ruler ablvulnerable. so, we're focusing attention and capacity to those with pre-existing conditions and those who are elderly. the prevention options flow right through all of us to ensure that we have good protective hygiene for our elderly clients around the globe. thank you. >> thank you. sima. >> thank you. as you heard, because of the risk for our nation's seniors, we are doubling down on our efforts. today we put out three memos. one was to hospitals about triaging and placement for patients with suspected or confirmed coronavirus. we

south korea is a level three. italy, japan, iran there are level three travel advisories for those countries. reconsider those travel. united states there are no travel restrictions. the risk to the american public is low. we will increase substantially surveillance, so if you wonder what we do for a flu, with doctor hassan and the fda getting more tests done. those surveillance systems will be activated in the near future. we will have eyes on significant new evidence of community pockets around our nation. >> with regard to international travel will continue to monitor the cases we will follow the facts and the experts and the science. and determine whether additional travel advisories or restrictions are warranted. that being said we are going to slip out, we will be back here, if i may, we will be back here every day. get used to seeing us we will bring in the experts and give you the best and most high quality realtime information from the best people in the world. thank you all for being here. >> we speak federal

pence says washington is elevating the travel advisory for italy and south korea. top health experts standing pedestrian president trump continue to urge calm. >> the country as a whole still remains at low risk. when we say, that tweept underscore that this is an evolving situation. >> reporter: the cdc says one recently reported case is the first in a healthcare worker. president trump says he plans to meet on monday with the heads of major pharmaceutical companies to discuss prospects for a vaccine. >>> the nation's largest union for nurses say hospitals need to do a better job of containing the coronavirus. they specifically called out ineffective protocol at uc davis medical center where more than 120 health workers are under quarantine. they were exposed to the solano county resident who was admitted to the hospital last week and tested positive for the virus. masks are flying off the shelves. they were sold out at this ace hardware store in venearbyia. the order saying his orders keep getting pushed out because demand for the smafk so high right now. it's no

just -- our state department and inner agency group has worked out that arrangement with both italy and south korea. south korea actually about three hours ago fully implemented the screening on all direct flights, all airports. and as i mentioned, within the next 12 hours or so, italy will have implemented the same thing. it will be multiple temperature checks in the airports for people before they are boarding. we're working very closely to assist them in implementing that. but let me speak about -- yeah, dr. hahn can speak to you about the status of tests. because one of the things i heard from governors last week was the whole issue of test kits, the availability of testing. i really want to commend dr. hahn and the fda for some very swift work making many more tests available, more kits that include multiple tests. and also authorizing local testing which will now make it more possible as our experts told us to identify additional cases. as we find more cases, it will mean our health officials are doing their job in large part. and the availability of those tests will contribute to that. >> th

we are advising americans not to travel to areas in italy and south korea most affected by the coronavirus. the president directed the state department to work with our allies in italy and in south korea to coordinate a screening, a medical screening in their countries of any individuals coming into the united states of america. we look forward to working with them in a collaborative and cooperative way. with regard to the task force, i'm just a few days into this job. i can tell you having spent time with these extraordinary professionals the president just alluded to, having spoken to more than a dozen governors including governor jay inslee in washington state, i think every american would be proud to know what i have heard about the work of hhs, the work of cdc, of all of our agencies. at the president's direction this team has been working seamlessly with health officials at the state and local level. i can assure the american public we will continue to live out the president's admonition a few days ago we are all in this together. as we work with numbers of congress, i had the opport

so vice president pence yesterday announced similar kinds of advice for italy to south korea. take a listen. >> we are urging americans to not travel to the areas in italy and the areas in south korea that are most affected by the coronavirus. president has directed the state department to work with our allies in italy and in south korea to coordinate a screening, a medical screening in their country of any individuals coming in to the united states of america. >> now, let's expand a little bit on that last part of what the vice president said. he talked about exit screenings from italy and south korea. that would mean, if this works out, when people were leaving those two countries, they would be asked, do you have these symptoms, do you have a cough, difficulty breathing. they would take their temperature. what he didn't talk about and it's curious to some of the experts i've been talking to, why wouldn't we have entrance screening in addition to that in the u.s.? when people fly in from china, we take their temperature, ask about symptoms, give them a card that shows them w

you know, the vice president was just asked about a travel airline ban, travel ban from, for south korea and italyn't answer about that. it is interesting what is going on with china. south korea success story, "new england journal of medicine" as we've been report forge a few days now, just 30.7 death rate. that is message to the world of success. striking south korea did not have any city in lockdown versus lockdowns in china. you know the new cases are slowing to less than 250. >> yes. elizabeth: versus double that last week. >> i think you're seeing a contrast with president trump, maybe winning the prize for boldness and early decisions while in china, what seems to have happened is very, very embarrassing for them. the whole first month they were very slow. they punished the original whistleblower, the on that -- ophthalmologist who died because of virus. china has much to answer for. they have a pr campaign that things are under control. where president trump took action. what i'm hearing from the chinese is admiration for trump's quick an bold action compared to their own leaders covering

japan already restricts entry to foreigners who have recently stayed in some parts of china, south korea, italy and iran. sources tell nhk the measures will be authorized shortly. the number of thosese c confirm with the virus in japan has increased to over 800. according to data compiled by local governments and the health ministry. that doesn't include more than 700 people from the "diamond princess" cruise ship or over a dozen flown back to japan from china. so far, 29 people have died as well as seven from the cruise ship. more than 600 people have left hospitals after recovering. >>> the head of the french olympic committee says the coronavirus pandemic must reach the peak by the end of may for the tokyo olympics to be held on time this schedule. a remark was made to reuters on monday, saying if the world is still in crisis by the end of may he cannot see how the games can happen. they are scheduled to take place from july 24th through august 9th. he added if the pandemic passes its peak and the situation gets better, questions will arise about who qualifies. but he noted it would be possi

japan already restricts entry to foreigners who recently stayed in some parts of china, south korea, italy and iran. sources tell nhk the measures will be authorized shortly. the number of those confirmed with the virus here in japan has increased to over 850 according to data compiled by local governments and the health ministry. that does not include more than 700 people from the "diamond princess" cruise ship or over a dozen flown back to japan from china. 29 people have died as well as 7 from the cruise ship. nearly 700 people have left hospitals after recovering. >>> the coronavirus pandndemic s also starting to affect the u.s. presidential election. four states were scheduled to hold primaries on tuesday. voting has started in all of them except for ohio after the state's governor decided to close the polls there. mike dewine said the event would put workers and voters at risk and suggested the vote should be postponed until june. >> we should not force them to make this choice, the choice between their health and their constitutional rights and their duties as american citizens. >>

the agency's director general says it's most concerned about the situation in south korea, italy, iranand japan. >> surrendering i don't think is right, so we have to give it our best using containment strategy irrespective of the number of cases. >> he also says a w.h.o. team has arrived in iran. it will deliver medical supplies and support local authorities fighting the outbreak. the country has seen at least 66 fatalities from the virus. that is the highest death toll outside mainland china. >>> the japanese government panlt of experts on the coronavirus outbreak has released its latest analysis along with a message to japan's young adults to cut back on social gatherings. nhk world's emiko lenart reports. >> translator: with sars, only patients with serious symptoms were the ones who spread the virus. but this time that's not the case. >> reporter: while much is still unknown about the coronavirus, doctors agree this is not sars. and the latest report by japanese medical experts says it can be easily spread by patients with light symptoms and in whom the virus isis dormant. this pr

the five countries are china, south korea, italy, iran, and japan. people who arrive from these countries are urged to stay home for 14 days and monitor their health. the japanese consulate in the city says it will confirm whether any japananese national areubjeject to the request. u.s. authorities say there are about 100ases confirmed in the country. a dozen of them have died. officials in china said on thursday that the virus had killed more than 3,000 people on the mainland. over 80,000 have been infected. nhk calculates that outside mainland china and japan, more than 16,000 people have been infected in dozens of countries and territories. the death toll exceeds 300. >>> five european members of the u.n. security council are condemning north korea's recent missile test, saying they undermine regional security and stability. germany, britain, france and two other european countries released a joint statement after a closed-door meeting on thursday. the statement says north korea's missile launches are provocative and violate u.n. resolutions. it a

outside of mainland china, the biggest clusters now in south korea, italy and iran. that's prompting the u.s. to expand travel restrictions for iran and heightened travel advisories for italy and south korea. meantime, deaths are being reported for the first time in more countries in the united states, australia and thailand. u.s. president donald trump is urging people not to panic in the wake of the death in the u.s. he spoke on the outbreak saturday doing his best to put a positive spin on this situation. >> additional cases in the united states are likely. but healthy individuals should be able to fully recover so healthy people if you're healthy you will probably go through a process and you'll be fine. >> our elizabeth cohen now has more on the u.s. death and on concerns about how the virus may be spreading. >> in the united states on saturday, a turning point in the coronavirus outbreak. the first death in the united states. it was a man in his 50s in king county in the state of washington. he had underlying medical conditions. as we've seen in china and else w

80000 cases in mainland china 70 percent have already recovered from the virus outside of china south korea italy and iran have been most affected by the virus with at least 70000 cases in each nation now in response to the growing number of cases in italy prime minister just become t. actually signed a decree on sunday restricting movement in the northern regions of the country now the restrictions will affect 17000000 people including those in the cities of milan and venice the w.h.o. director general made note of efforts to control the spread of the virus. the great advantage we have these duds the decisions we only make as governments businesses communities slimy lease and individuals can even flues the tragic to the of the sea. and for more on this we're joined by she chan assistant professor at the yale university school of public health and figure so much for joining us and i do apologize i 70000 there it is actually 7000 cases in italy iran and south korea respectively there and now we're seeing more cases outside of china as we just mentioned there than inside it in fact confirmed cases

china, south korea, italy. it's the federal government that has to do this.ou look at the national headlines today. every state doing their own thing. dig different cities doing their own thing. it's confusing. it's chaos. they don't know which way to go. the federal government should come up, step in, and say this is what we're going to do. this is what we do in schools, this is what we do in businesses. here are the rules and then the states can adjust the rules to their particular circumstances. and, second, what you said about capacity, is exactly right. they all talk about flattening the curve. flattening the curve. i don't see a curve. i see a wave. and the wave is going to break on the health care system and i am telling you, my little brother, it is going to be a tsunami. you take any numerical projections on any of the models and our health care system has no capacity to deal with it. we in new york have 3,000 icu be beds. in case you don't understand, intensive care unit beds. >> i get it. >> we already use 60. we need multiples of that. you're talk

countries like south korea, italy, where they happen widely e available, in ited states they haven't.e have the capability of doing hundreds. we need the capability to do thousands. we are hing that changes now that the federal government has increased availability of test kits. we think it is possible that the number of confirmed cases will increase the more tting we do. we don't want people to panic that, because it do not mean it is spreading faster. it means we are geing better at detecting it. the majority of cases are mi ld, but it can affect other people who may have not as mild cases. we are asking people to stay home from work if they don't need to work remotely. wash hands repeatedly, don't touch their face. all of those hygiene things can make a difference in slowing the spread of the virus. laura:e ight you h cancel the comic-con convention that is due to be held in seattle this month? i know you don't want tod spr panic. mayor durkan: we don't, and county officials will be making the determination onev that pubc t. we have advised everyone in the okcity to t whether there

bolivia will ban the entry of passengers from china, south korea, italy and spain in an effort preventirmed 10 cases so far. the un—recognised tripoli government of libya has declared a national state of emergency and will close allairand sea ports form monday. and thousands of tourists have been stranded in morocco after the country enacted its own border restrictions, leaving travelers stuck at border crossings, ports and airports. the white house doctor says president trump has tested negative for coronavirus. mr trump underwent the check on saturday, days after hosting a meeting with the brazilian president, some of whose entourage have tested positive. meanwhile, as it tries to limit the spread of covid—19, a first death has been recorded in the southern state of louisiana, while georgia will postpone its presidential primaries from 24 march until mid—may. 0ur washington correspondent jane 0'brien reports. a new sense of urgency in the us, as more than 500 additional cases are confirmed and the death toll rises to 50. testing is being ramped up, and for donald trump, it has become

looking at, because the predictions don't match the reality on the ground in either china, south korea or italyut five times the size of italy. so if we were italy and you did all of those divisions, italy should have close to 400,000 deaths. they are not close to achieving that. these are the things we are trying to understand. models are models. there is enough data of the real experience on the ground to really make these predictions more sound. when people start talking about 20% of a population getting infected, it is very scary. we don't have data that matches that based on the experience. and the situation about ventilators, we are meeting with colleagues in new york, that there are still i see you beds bedsning and -- still icu remaining and ventilators that have not been utilized. for the reassurance of people around the world, to wake up and look at people talking about creating dnr situations, do not resuscitate, there is no situation in the united states right now that warrants that kind of discussion. you could be thinking about it in a hospital. many hospitals talk about this on a

but for the impacted areas, northern italy and the run region of -- one region of south korea, wees calculatedsory which says do not go to these parts of italy and south korea. chris: and is there a point at which you could go to a travel ban? >> we could look at 212f which is the procedure we've used for china where we actually restrict entry from certain countries. the point is with italy and south korea we have highly developed public health care systems and aggressive action that's been on it from day one. at this point we think advising people not to go is the right measure, but everything will always be on the table. chris: what about there's talk of invoking war powers to require u.s. companies to manufacture some goods in the national interest. one possibly, i know you have millions of them, but one is that you might actually require companies to manufacture more protective masks. >> that's right. so that's called the defend production act. i believe it came into existence during the korean war. it's actually used fairly commonly for defense department procurements here in the united s

with major outbreaks growing in south korea, italy, and iran. here in the u.s., public health officials are still trying to contain the virus as new cases continue to crop up. the death of a 71-year-old man who recently traveled aboard the grand princess has opted california to supply test kits to ships at sea. >> older persons and persons with underlying medical conditions are at increased risk of serious disease. >> the case marks the first coronavirus death outside washington state where covid-19 has already claimed 11 lives. most fatalities involve residents of the life care nursing center home in the seattle suburb of kirtland where the cdc is investigating protocols of the facility. facebook has temporarily closed one of its offices after one employee tested positive and microsoft is advising all employees to work from home until march 25th, following guidance from king county officials. >> we are encouraging employers to maximize telecommuting. >> new york city reported two new cases -- no travel to high risk countries. by midafternoon th

like china, south korea, italy and iran. of the virus outbreak for you on our website.just click on the special coronavirus tab right there at the top of the page for updates. >>> we're now hearing from billionaire mike bloomberg just hours after dropping out of the support to former vice president joe biden. he spoke just a few minutes ago. >> i've always believed that defeating donald trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. and after yesterday's vote, it's clear that candidate is my friend and a great american joe biden. he fought for working people his whole life and i'm glad to say i endorse joe biden and i hope you'll join me in working to make him the next president of the united states of america. >> bloomberg spent more than $500 million on political advertisements. reporter garrett teny is in washington with the latest. >> after building the most expensive primary campaihistory billionaire mike bloomberg announced he's stepping out of the race. clear that candidate is my friend in a great american joe biden. the announcement

similar health screenings are being implemented as we speak for south korea and italy.e president pence says they should be in place by the morning. norah. >> o'donnell: those are strict. all right, kris, thank you. later this week congress is expected to take up a $6-8 billion package in emergency spending to help fight the coronavirus. this as president trump says travel restrictions and quarantines have helped contain its spread. paula reid reports tonight from the white house. >> reporter: president trump today challenged the leaders of major pharmaceutical companies to see who could manufacture a eftrtso mas vaccine the fastest. as sas pe. >> reporter: the administration is also grappling with a shortage of test kits for the virus. cbs news has learned government officials discovered contamination in a c.d.c. lab in atlanta where the first batch of test kits were developed. the department of health and human services is now investigating. in a statement, the f.d.a. said the issue has been fixed and these tests have passed extensive quality control procedures. h.h.s

more than 80 countries and territories have confirmed cases with the biggest outbreaks in south korea, italy iran. and princess cruise ship on thursday. and a passenger at an earlier voyage died. and all calm passengers have been told to stay home. and thal they predict millions of test kits and acchaujed thursday the united states currently does not have enough to meet demands. at least 13 people have died. there's what the president is saying and information from science. >> reporter: in the race against the coronavirus, the trump administration is still playing taufrp up. priek fence conceded they're making enough to get. we don't have enough with what we an anticipate going forward. they concede the government is well behind the anticipated freing demand over the coming month said. penn said they want the ability to testing any american. on their doctor's indications can be test said. >> reporter: the administration is also trying to secure sketchy information and his realtd is -- >> i think the 3.4% is a false number. and based on a lot of conversations with people to do this and i thin

they'll be relabeled to recover much in march but we have seen in places advanced societies like south korea italy you know they just shutting down large portions of the country that's going to occur in the u.s. as well so i think that you're going to see a recession coming now it needn't be a deep one but nonetheless economic activity is coming to a standstill in many locations so many of the goods we buy say made in china is that going to change. i think it will change for certain goods so for instance pharmaceuticals we have this extraordinary dependence on china they supply 8080 percent maybe 97 percent of antibiotics and the compounds used to make anti-biotics. that can't continue in this is being viewed as a national security issue also protective medical gear gowns masts gloves i think that probably we will start making some of that stuff ourselves because we realize that we're critically dependent on it and china has threatened to cut that off you know if you're looking for common goods the stuff that you find at a big box retailer that stuff might not change but i think that ultimately we

new cases in china dropped to the lowest levels in 6 weeks on monday but continue to rise in south korea italyand iran senegal saudi arabia jordan and indonesia the most recent countries it detect cases of the disease but already it shows says the best defense is still containment. in the last 24 hours there with almost 9 times more cases reported outside china than inside china we are in uncharted.

the numbers we have seen from china, south korea, italy, the united states suggested different mortalityes. china, it appears is back online. south korea seems like it is at the end as well. and italy, as you probably know is being devastated with 800 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. so how will the united states get through this? who will be lead on along the way? i don't have all of the answers, but there are four things i know for sure. number one, we will get through this. remember, we are americans, board of a revolution, vice is in our dna. americas at our best when she is tested. she is strong, determined, and has the metal to get through anything. the white house coronavirus task force is making sure we will get through this with the best of the best engaged on our behalf. a whole of government responses on this. since president trump implemented travel restrictions on china, and then europe, then closed northern and southern orders to nonessential travel, we are protecting our citizens as much as possible. the fda has issued an emergency approval for testing and has cut its

the next 2 months are critical with this disease as we saw in south korea and italy. models. we want to follow the south korea model. more testing and flatten this curve so we don't have cases increase. >> sandra: with the testing or the changes to travel, the president's european travel ban taking effect. over the weekend crowds of people, you talk about social distancing how important it is. but airports were flooded with people in massive crowds. standing in line for hours. are we deploying these tactics in the best way possible? >> well, i think we can do better. i talked to the department of homeland security and i chaired the committee for 6 years. dfw was a nightmare. they have to go through medical screenings and waiting in line for hours with thousands of people. talking about social distancing and the nih and cdc is talking about this but these people were held up in lines at airport like a petry dish. that has to be corrected. they will put more people on overtime -- and bring new medical screeners in to get that process moving far more quickly. >> ed: thiyo

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